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The New York Times has an article pertinent to all students, current and future, regarding Obama’s planned student aid changes: Plan to Change Student Lending Sets Up a Fight If I understand things correctly, the President wants to end the facade that private lenders can actually finance education at the university level.  In relative terms, [...]

Forbes jumped in on the party, banging out more info to make everyone feel better about the job outlook for journalists and those of us entering/graduating from grad programs in journalism in the near future.  Read up on it here: Journalism Bust, J-School Boom I can’t say they’re telling me anything I didn’t already know, [...]

An article published in the online version of New York Magazine, entitled “Columbia J-School’s Existential Crisis“ suggests that perhaps, in a roundabout way, me not getting into Columbia could be a blessing in disguise. Why is that?  Well, looking at things as an outsider, it may appear as if Columbia hasn’t prepared itself as well for [...]

So says this article on eduinreview.  Figures are probably in line with what I was thinking previously.  Now there’s some evidence to go along with my presumptions. According to the article, enrollment is up 38% at Columbia and 6% at NYU.  Hmm.  This speaks to the situation I currently find myself in: waitlisted at Columbia [...]